Schools including Claypole Primary School, Newark’s Mount School, Wellow House School, Holy Trinity Catholic Academy, and Chuter Ede Primary School raise thousands for BBC’s Children in Need
Children, adults, schools and businesses alike have been donning their best spotty attire to do their bit for a national annual fundraiser.
Across the country, people have been raising money for BBC’s Children in Need and more than £39,000,000 has been raised this year — with around £9million raised by Paddy McGuiness’s epic cycling challenge.
On Friday, many schools and businesses took part in fundraisers before the big TV broadcast, with Claypole Primary School’s PTA organising a whole school relay as part of the Run Pudsey appeal, and raised £1,800.
Mount School sold CiN merchandise as well as taking part in craft activities, face painting, and dressing up for a donation, and raised £320.
Wellow House School were also selling CiN merchandise, as well as holding a raffle and cake sale, and the children came into school either in CiN clothes or spotty ensembles and also raised £320.
Holy Trinity Catholic Academy were also enjoying Children in Need activities, with their pupils dressing up for the occasion.
Meanwhile, Chuter Ede Primary School had a visit from Pudsey himself and were taking part in Children in Need themed activities, as did John Hunt School.
Dance schools also came together to raise money for BBC’s Children in Need on Sunday (November 17), with 105 dancers from the Balderton based Charlotte Hudson School of Dance and 43 from Newark Dance Academy taking part in a Tapathon world record attempt.
The youngest member of the dance schools taking part was five-month-old Freddie Ellwood, who was enjoying the event in a baby sling with his mum, principal Charlotte Hudson, alongside his brother George, 3.
Organised by The Performers Project, the dancers were aiming to break the world record for the most people dancing the same tap routine simultaneously countrywide, and this year it was a Spice Girls theme to Spice up your Life.
It is not yet known if the record was broken, but the Tapathon in Newark raised over £1,480 for the charity through t-shirt sales, and a raffle raised an additional £180, prizes donated by local businesses.
“The Tapathon is a lovely annual event, allowing dancers of all ages a chance to perform with no pressure, just to have fun and raising money for a great charity, said Charlotte Hudson.
“It really brings our dance school community together and is nice to invite other local dance schools to join us, allowing others to join us in this brilliant performance opportunity. The Palace Theatre hosted the event, making the event really special for our dancers!”
